The spec describes the transform() method as follows:
The transform(m11, m12, m21, m22, dx, dy) method must multiply the current
transformation matrix with the matrix described by:
m11 m21 dx
m12 m22 dy
0 0 1
The first number in these argument names is the column number and the
second is the row number. This surprises me, and I want to check that
it is not an inadvertent error:
1) Wikipedia says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_multiplication)
that the convention is to list row numbers first
2) Java's java.awt.geom.AffineTransform class also lists the row index
first, as in the following javadoc excerpt:
[ x'] [ m00 m01 m02 ] [ x ] [ m00x + m01y + m02 ]
[ y'] = [ m10 m11 m12 ] [ y ] = [ m10x + m11y + m12 ]
[ 1 ] [ 0 0 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 1 ]
It would be nice if this spec was not inconsistent with other usage.
Even changing the argument names to neutral a,b,c,d,dx,dy would be
better than what is there currently.
David
